President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of 31 non-career and 34 career ambassadors to various Nigerian diplomatic missions across the world and the United Nations.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Friday.
The ambassadors-designate were earlier confirmed by the Senate in December last year.
According to a State House statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the postings cover key missions in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Non-Career Ambassadors
The non-career ambassadors and their designated missions are:
- Senator Grace Bent – Lomé, Togo
- Senator Ita Enang – South Africa
- Victor Ikpeazu – Spain
- Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu – Tel Aviv, Israel
- Mahmoud Yakubu – Qatar
- Paul Oga Adikwu – Vatican City (Holy See)
- Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas – Philippines
- Reno Omokri – Mexico City, Mexico
- Abasi Braimah – Budapest, Hungary
- Erelu Angela Adebayo – Portugal
- Olumilua Oluwayimika Ayotunwa – Tokyo, Japan
- Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi – Athens, Greece
- Chioma Priscilla Ohakim – Warsaw, Poland
- Aminu Dalhatu – United Kingdom
- Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau – Beijing, China
- Tasiu Musa Maigari – Gambia
- Olufemi Pedro – Australia
- Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu – Argentina
- Lateef Kayode Are – United States of America
- Joseph Sola Iji – Russia
- Senator Jimoh Ibrahim – Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- Femi Fani-Kayode – Germany
- Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole – Ottawa, Canada
- Fatima Florence Ajimobi – Austria
- Lola Akande – Sweden
- Ayodele Oke – France
- Yakubu N. Gambo – Saudi Arabia
- Senator Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut – Seoul, South Korea
- Onueze Chukwujika Joe Okocha (SAN) – Dublin, Ireland
- Dr. Kulu Haruna Abubakar – Tunis, Tunisia
- Jerry Samuel Manwe – Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Career Ambassadors
The career ambassadors and their missions include:
- Nwabiola Ezenwa Chukwumeka – Côte d’Ivoire
- Besto Maimuna Ibrahim – Niamey, Niger
- Monica Okwuchukwu Enebechi – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Mohammed Mahmud Lele – Algiers, Algeria
- Endoni Syndoph Paebi – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Ahmed Mohammed Monguno – Cairo, Egypt
- Jane Adams (née Okon) Michael – Kingston, Jamaica
- Clark-Omeru Alexandra – Lusaka, Zambia
- Chima Geoffrey Lioma David – Bamako, Mali
- Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah – Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
- Segun Ige – Beirut, Lebanon
- Ruben Abimbola Samuel – Rome, Italy
- Ogechukwu Kingsley Onaga – Maputo, Mozambique
- Magaji Umar – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Muhammad Saidu Dahiru – New Delhi, India
- Abdussalam Habu Zayyad – Dakar, Senegal
- Shehu Ilu Barde – Accra, Ghana
- Aminu Nasir – Ethiopia
- Abubakar Musa Musa – N’Djamena, Chad
- Haidara Mohammed Idris – The Hague, Netherlands
- Bako Adamu Umar – Rabat, Morocco
- Sulu Gambari Olatunji Ahmed – Malaysia
- Romata Mohammed Omobolanle – Tanzania
- Shaga John Shamah – Botswana
- Hamza Mohammed Salau – Tehran, Iran
- Ibrahim Danlami – Kenya
- Ibrahim Adeola Mopelola – Cotonou, Benin
- Ayeni Adebayo Emmanuel – Brussels, Belgium
- Wahab Adekola Akande – Berne, Switzerland
- Esther Arewa (née Adedokun) – Windhoek, Namibia
- Gergadi Joseph John – Libreville, Gabon
- Luther Ogbomode Ayo-Kalata – Sierra Leone
- Danladi Yakubu Nyaku – Khartoum, Sudan
- Bello Dogon-Daji Haliru – Bangkok, Thailand
Agrément and Induction
The statement added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already received agrément from the United Kingdom for the High Commissioner-designate, Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu.
France has also granted agrément for Ambassador Ayodele Oke.
Agrément is a diplomatic term used in international relations. It refers to the formal approval given by a host country before another country can appoint an ambassador to it.
According to the presidency, the ministry has forwarded the nominations of the remaining 62 envoys to their respective host countries and requested agrément in line with diplomatic practice.
President Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately begin the induction programme for the ambassadors-designate and high commissioners.
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